Monday, August 06, 2007
500 300 four
A fine weekend for baseball. Heard A-Rod's 500th homer on the radio. Watched Tom Glavine's effective, nonflashy 6.1 innings as the Mets scraped together 8 runs out of 16 hits & 7 walks to give him his 300th victory. Of course, Barry Bonds tying Hank Aaron, which wasn't such a big deal around New York.
Not a good weekend in Newark. Four murders on Saturday night, including the shocking execution-style killings of three young people in a schoolyard. A 4th victim survived. Information is sketchy on what exactly happened & why. The possibility that there is no why is frightening: No drug connection, no war between rival gangs. Just thugs with guns & no fear of using them when they feel disrespected. [It's now reported as a robbery. But that doesn't explain it. ] The people of Newark are living in a terrorist environment. They risk violence when they speak out against violence or attempt to gain some control over gang-infested neighborhoods. The gangs mock Newark, the police, & Mayor Booker - who must now consider the possibility he'll be a one term wonder. But that's not enough for the gangs. They're intent on destroying, by any means, the fine dreams & aspirations of young people. This is unmasked, demonic evil. In cities, few citizens even bother calling the police to report gunshots late at night; it's usually the brothers driving around & having a little noisy fun with their weapons, shooting at nothing & no one in particular when they could be getting laid or playing with each other's dicks. You can't expect or demand ordinary, sane people to offer themselves up as martyrs against these sociopaths.
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I'm certain I wasn't dreaming on Saturday evening when CNN alarmingly reported several times that a "van" driven by men of "Middle Eastern descent" & "packed with explosives" had been stopped on a highway outside Charleston SC. It was treated as a breaking story although there was no solid information. No mention of it on New York local news at 11 pm, & it wasn't in the AP top headlines at midnight. The story is atrophying today. Note to idiotic college students from the Middle East & anywhere: Do not speed, especially on roads near military installations, while possessing firecrackers. For you, there's no such thing as a "routine traffic stop."
Not a good weekend in Newark. Four murders on Saturday night, including the shocking execution-style killings of three young people in a schoolyard. A 4th victim survived. Information is sketchy on what exactly happened & why. The possibility that there is no why is frightening: No drug connection, no war between rival gangs. Just thugs with guns & no fear of using them when they feel disrespected. [It's now reported as a robbery. But that doesn't explain it. ] The people of Newark are living in a terrorist environment. They risk violence when they speak out against violence or attempt to gain some control over gang-infested neighborhoods. The gangs mock Newark, the police, & Mayor Booker - who must now consider the possibility he'll be a one term wonder. But that's not enough for the gangs. They're intent on destroying, by any means, the fine dreams & aspirations of young people. This is unmasked, demonic evil. In cities, few citizens even bother calling the police to report gunshots late at night; it's usually the brothers driving around & having a little noisy fun with their weapons, shooting at nothing & no one in particular when they could be getting laid or playing with each other's dicks. You can't expect or demand ordinary, sane people to offer themselves up as martyrs against these sociopaths.
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I'm certain I wasn't dreaming on Saturday evening when CNN alarmingly reported several times that a "van" driven by men of "Middle Eastern descent" & "packed with explosives" had been stopped on a highway outside Charleston SC. It was treated as a breaking story although there was no solid information. No mention of it on New York local news at 11 pm, & it wasn't in the AP top headlines at midnight. The story is atrophying today. Note to idiotic college students from the Middle East & anywhere: Do not speed, especially on roads near military installations, while possessing firecrackers. For you, there's no such thing as a "routine traffic stop."
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"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." Thomas Jefferson
Call me politically-incorrect, but every time the press interviews friends or relatives of the perp or the victim, they usually say what a good boy/girl he/she was and that he/she would never join a gang, even though said victim was found in a gang-infested area at 3 a.m.
However, these kids seem like bright college kids just being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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However, these kids seem like bright college kids just being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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